First Aid Kit

Two young gals from Sweden who sound like Californian veterans of the 70's folk scene.  This is wonderful harmonic country-folk; finger-picking guitar, some slide guitar here and there, and gentle drum brushes under some lovely classic country singing.  They first came to notoriety by covering a Fleet Foxes song and somehow getting that to the attention of the lead singer of the Fleet Foxes.

They look like tiny little Arya Starks in their wooded Swedish back yard forest.  That song is fantastic in its own right - the Foxes are a great band - and these girls do a great job staying true to the harmonies and nuances of the original.

After that, they put out an EP, then an album, but it wasn't until 2012's The Lion's Roar that they really found a huge audience.  Their most popular song off of that album is a great country/folk-heros-in-love-name-dropping love song that was chosen as a Top Ten Single of the year by Rolling Stone in 2012.

Love it.  They just recently released their new album, Stay Gold, and it is ten more songs of that same beautiful style.  The top song so far from that new album is My Silver Lining:

Does it feel like that "try to keep on keepin' on" chant in there is from listening to ABBA all the time while growing up?  Otherwise this is some excellent, old-school harmony that feels instantly classic.  I wish they were coming back to ACL again this year, but I'll just have to add their album to my poolside playlist and enjoy all summer long instead.